Week 9 Leni's Friends and Inc House v0.04aPublic (Patreon)

Whimfu1 here.

Hey, I know why most of you may be checking out this post so I won’t stall. Here are the links to the Public version of update v0.04a.

Mega:

Mac - https://mega.nz/file/LrhQBYQQ#vXfE7sZZFimLAJA0HM_xZAYQ-LtrsOc0EHsz80JJZz0

PC - https://mega.nz/file/X7gQxCyB#fVTO7vDGVpyKuoSuj0oWAdBQ2NUP1eRFSMohfhP8yPk

Workupload:

Mac - https://workupload.com/file/VEGsfrf5tGm

PC - https://workupload.com/file/GaAAyVUatH2

MixDrop:

Mac - https://mixdrop.is/f/9ngrjg6osm9kkr

PC - https://mixdrop.is/f/gn8wp81wsvowez

These are the changelogs for v0.04a:

Leni’s story changed to new shoplifter storyline

Community voted NPC, Thiccqt, added to game

New changing room minigame inspired by “Imperial Gatekeeper” added in a barebone’s fashion.

Solving thiccqt’s shoplifting puzzle 1 unlocks Leni Kiss scene

Solving thiccqt’s shoplifting puzzle 2 unlocks Leni Thighjob scene

Solving thiccqt’s shoplifting puzzle 3 unlocks Thiccqt Paizuri Scene

Rita shower minigame added.

Luna’s Cunnilingus scene can be repeated via her Flair menu once unlocked. Repeat the entire scene rather than an altered scene so report bugs if this causes issues. Will change later on.

Lola’s Gloryhole scene now unlocks with Voyeur rather than Fantasy.

Fantasy unlock dialogue changed. Will hopefully be renamed Flight if I can find the time to back trace them all.

Several tutorial images added in particular spots players seemed to have trouble with. ex. Using Rita’s laptop, returning to the basement to unlock spells, and the new minigame.

Phone now has a bed button to teleport to Lincoln’s room regardless of position.

The big thing about this version is the changing room minigame, please let me know of any bugs you may encounter with that section. I tried my best to replicate “Imperial Gatekeeper” but I know it’s missing a lot.

Pertaining to the future

My apologies for taking so long to make this general post about the next update. I really struggled with the wording. I’ll try to summarize my thoughts in numbered points if anyone wants to address them in a comment. The most important aspect of the section will be bolded as a TL:DR.

Update Schedule - My last two updates, I tried to aim for a two month per update deadline. What I found was I would prepare and draw too much in the first month then cram all the coding into the second month. The two months also seems too long to maintain the audience's interest in the game so I do want to lower the wait a bit as well. I’ll be switching to a 6 week schedule for each update.

Update Content - With less time, I will try to do the following for each update: 1 big scene, 1 small scene, and then 1 increase to gameplay quality. An example of this may be: New addition to Rita’s storyline, new interaction with Lola in the mirror, and fixing up heroine daily placement.

Game Quality - I worry of having too many half baked ideas in the game. The big example right now is the Thiccqt minigame based on Imperial Gatekeeper. Completing it would take a very long time, which doesn’t help the main story. So in the end I keep on adding content and chipping away on the other gameplay niceties. I worry if I used an update to solely fix the UI issues, instead of adding another H-scene, then I’d lose a lot of players.

NPC poll - Here’s the plan for the NPC poll. It takes awhile to narrow it down via votes. Instead of doing the polls and adding the NPC in immediately I’ll add them into the following update. So the 2nd Community Voted NPC Poll will run throughout v0.05a development but will appear in v0.06a.

Future of the game - I think the Patreon will need a shake up eventually. From what I can tell the game will improve greatly if I add some things I put behind my goals even in diminished versions. An example would be making an isometric map for the department store location. However, I believe I should at least add in the first 3 NPCs to the game before doing so as it’s the main reward of the top tier. Mixing in the schedule change I hope to have them done or at least chosen by July.

That’s not everything I want to cover however it’s a start. My current development style has been plowing forward and I hope things work out. I know it’s creating a mess behind me but I don’t know when I can turn around to clean it up. I’ll definitely be reaching out again as I continue.

This week's polls will hopefully be set up later today. Please look back if you have not voted in the Heroine Poll or CGI gameplay poll.